Bollywood Trade News Network

Eros International, the leading integrated company within the Indian media and entertainment sector, announced the forthcoming worldwide release of one of the biggest anticipated blockbusters this year, Shah Rukh Khan's OM SHANTI OM, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Farah Khan on 9th November 2007. Eros is expected to release the film across an unprecedented 2000 plus screens worldwide.

OM SHANTI OM stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in pivotal roles. The magic combination of Shah Rukh Khan - Farah Khan comes together again after the huge success of MAIN HOON NAA. The film's score and soundtrack has been composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Cinematography for the movie is by V. Manikandan whilst editing is handled by Shirish Kunder.

OM SHANTI OM is a story of love, dreams, betrayal and destiny revolving around a film actor 'Om' (Shah Rukh Khan) and his love interest 'Shanti' (Deepika Padukone). Om was a junior artist and Shanti a superstar in the 1970's. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration.

The film has over 30 of Bollywood's hottest stars including Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kajol, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan and many more putting in a guest appearance.

Commenting on the deal, Kishore Lulla, Chairman and CEO, Eros International said, "Eros has always enjoyed a fantastic relationship with Shah Rukh Khan and we are looking forward to releasing OM SHANTI OM during the festive season of Diwali. It is one of the most awaited films of the year and we are excited to be leveraging Eros' global distribution in promoting the film."

Eros had distributed MAIN HOON NA as well as PAHELI, which are both Red Chillies Productions.

"Red Chillies and Eros enjoy a special relationship going back many years. Eros undisputedly has the best global marketing and distribution infrastructure. OM SHANTI OM is a fun film and with the wide distribution strategy we hope to reach out to record number of audiences worldwide", adds Shah Rukh Khan.